Engineering Manager - App Frameworks

Databricks Databricks · Data AI · San Francisco, CA · Engineering

Engineering Manager for the App Framework team at Databricks, responsible for building foundational service frameworks and runtime infrastructure that power all microservices. The role focuses on making services fast, reliable, observable, and secure, owning the core application platform including service frameworks, libraries, and abstractions. This is a high-leverage role impacting thousands of services and engineers.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead a team of talented engineers building core application platform infrastructure used by every service at Databricks.
  2. Own and drive the technical roadmap for one or more pillars.
  3. Drive multi-quarter execution on high-impact platform initiatives.
  4. Hire great engineers to build an outstanding team.
  5. Support engineers in their career development by providing clear feedback, as well developing engineering leaders.

Skills

Required

  • engineering management
  • large-scale distributed systems
  • service frameworks
  • platform infrastructure
  • testing
  • quality assurance
  • service level agreements
  • hiring
  • talent retention
  • coaching engineers

Nice to have

  • cloud platforms
  • SaaS

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of engineering experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems, service frameworks, or platform infrastructure.
  • 2+ years of engineering management experience leading strong technical teams.
  • Experience being responsible for testing, quality, and service level agreements of a product.
  • Strong track record of attracting, hiring, and retaining top engineering talent.
  • Experience attracting, hiring, and coaching engineers who meet the Databricks hiring standards.